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The Guardian - US
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Lauren Aratani in New York

IRS glitch masked $51m in political donations, finance watchdog says

letters on a building read 'internal revenue service'
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. Photograph: Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images

A technical glitch at the understaffed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is masking millions of dollars in campaign contributions to state-level election groups, including key governor and attorney general races, a campaign finance watchdog has told the Guardian.

A total of $51m for the second half of 2025 remains unaccounted for due to this technical error, according to the Center for Political Accountability (CPA), a non-profit that tracks corporate spending.

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